Probate and Administration Act 1934 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Protection of Estates Pending Grant
38. Estate vested in Chief Justice before 1 October 1997
Feedback & supportAny estate or part of an estate of a deceased person vested in the Chief Justice under section 37 immediately before 1 October 1997 shall on that date vest in the Public Trustee.
Public Trustee
“Public Trustee” means the Public Trustee appointed under the Public Trustee Act 1915 and includes a Deputy Public Trustee and an Assistant Public Trustee appointed under that Act;
Subject to subsection (3), the amendment made to this Act by the Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1997 applies in respect of a person’s estate whether the person died before, on or after 1 October 1997.
Where, but for this subsection, the vesting under section 37 (as amended by the Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1997) of any estate of a testator would have effect from a time before 1 October 1997, the vesting shall have effect from that date and section 37(2) shall have effect subject to this.